Aftermarket

Yellow Renames Technology Subsidiary

January 28, 2000
• by Staff

Yellow Corp., Overland Park, KS, has changed the name of its 400-person technology development subsidiary, Yellow Services, to Yellow Technologies Inc. The subsidiary is said to be responsible for information technology support and a variety of corporate and administrative shared services functions.The new name reflects Yellow Technologies’ current focus on development and deployment of state-of-the-art information technology and related systems that support operations at all transportation services subsidiaries. “Yellow Technologies has long been one of the real hidden assets in the Yellow Corporation family of companies,” said Bill Zollars, Yellow Corp. chairman, president and ceo. “They have provided the technology and telecommunications tools that have enabled us to make significant operational and process improvements throughout the company in recent years.”

Meritor has updated MeritorPartsXpress.com to improve search functionality for the company’s offering of 100,000 aftermarket products. The website also offers new self-service tools to help customers in North America.

In a perfect world, trucks would never break down. In the real world even the best-made trucks need to come in for service. When that happens, fleet managers want service to be completed quickly and efficiently.

Navistar has launched the Navistar Service Essentials program, a partnership aimed at helping qualified vocational-technical schools “prepare the next generation of truck and bus technicians,” according to the OEM.

Times are good everywhere in trucking and Chris Baer, president and CEO of Vipar Heavy Duty, confirmed that applies to the aftermarket segment as well in his remarks at the company’s annual conference.